Hat-fastener



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` I'. W. GRUNDMANN- l HAT FSTBNER.

No. 551,313. Patented Dec. 10, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. GRUNDMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,313, dated December10, 1895. Application iled April 22, 1895. Serial No. 546,646. (Nomodel.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NV. GRUND- MANN, of the city of St. Louis,State of Missouri, have invented certain new useful Improvements inHat-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to an improved hatfastener; and it consists in thenovel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis a top plan view of myimproved hat-fastener.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of amodified form of my improved hatfastener. Fig. 4: is a side elevation ofa further modified form of my improved fastener. Fig. 5 is a view inperspective of a washer of which I make use in carrying out myinvention. Fig. G is a view in perspective of an ordinary sailor-hat,the same having my improved hat-fastener applied thereto.

Referring bynumerals to the accompanying drawings, l indicates the bodyof my improved hat-fastener, the same being constructed of a suitablelength of wire and having its end 2 attenuated. Saidbody l is bent intoa single turn or coil 3, and the end of the length of wire opposite fromthe attenuated end 2 is bent into a vertical plane, the same extendingupwardly from the center of the coil 3. Said vertical portion isindicated by the numera-l a, and is providedon its upper end with anornamental head, such as 5, which may be of any size and form desired.Located upon the vertical portion of the wire i and free to move thereonis a metallic washer, such as 6. Located upon the vertical portion a andinterposed between the head 5 and the washer 6 is a minute coil-spring7, the same being' constructed in conical form, the apex thereof beingdirectly beneath the head 5 and the base thereof resting directly uponthe washer G. In some instances this coil-spring 7 is constructed in theordinary form, or having the same diameter throughout its length, thisform beingshown in Fig. 3.

In the modification shown in Fig. Il, the lower end 8 of theconical-shaped coil-spring 7 is brought to the center and looped aroundthe vertical portion e of the body of wire. When this construction isused, the washer 6 is dispensed with.

In securing a hat upon the head with my improved fastener, theattenuated point f2 of said fastener is passed through the crown of saidhat at any suitable point, and then by properly manipulating the head 5of the fastener the entire coil 3 of the fastener may be passed to theinterior of the hat. A continued movement of the head 5 will cause thecoil 3 to engage with the hair. The Washer 6 is necessarily located uponthe surface of the crown of the hat, and as the coil 3 is caused toengage with the hair, the entire fastener is necessarily `moved inwardlyor downwardly a slight distance, and in so doing the coil-spring 7 willbe slightly compressed. The resiliencyr of the thus compressedcoil-spring serves at all times to hold the hat in proper position uponthe wcarers head, and the fastener in proper position relative to thehat.

A device of this character is inexpensive, easily applied, veryefficient in use, and possesses superior advantages in point ofsimplicity, durability and general efficiency.

1. The combination, in a hat fastener, of a single length of wire havingone end bent into a single coil, the ends thereof being attenuated, asuitable head located upon the other end of the length of wire, and aseparate coil-spring located loosely to slide upon the length of Wirebetween the coil and the head.

2. The combination, in a hat fastener, of a suitable length of wirehaving one end thereof bent intoa single coil,a head located upon theopposite end, a washer located to slide loosely upon the body of wirebetween the coil and the head, and a coil-spring interposed between thewasher and the head to slide loosely with said washer, substantiallyas'speciiied.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EREDERICK'W. enunnnnrn.

Witnesses MACD GRIFFIN, JOHN C. Hrcnor.

